In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the eleventh episode of RNF’s podcast. Just as Rubin Kazan's victory at the Nou Camp was fading from headlines, the Russian Premier League was thrust back center stage with the shock departure of Juande Ramos from CSKA Moscow after only 47 days in charge. After discussing […]

With US qualification to the World Cup secure, the USSF has scheduled two interesting friendlies for the international break in November. The US was relatively impressive in CONCACAF qualifying, recording improbable wins at Port of Spain against Trinidad & Tobago as well as in San Pedro Sula versus Honduras, and also knocking Costa Rica out […]

If the Copa del Rey is played, but hardly anyone cares about it, did it really happen? To say that some of the La Liga teams think of the cup as a nuisance would be quite an understatement. With the overloaded fixture list consisting of European and domestic matches, the Copa del Rey is near […]

Longtime Liverpool Echo and current News of the World football writer Chris Bascombe joins Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the latest from Liverpool as well as some history of the club. Additionally, we discuss topics pertinent to News of the World and football journalism in general. Bascombe is renowned in England for being one of the […]

February 2nd 2002 was a pretty non-descript day in the History of Football, or indeed the history of anything – Prince Willem -Alexander of Orange, heir to the Dutch throne got married, Euro-Monarchy Fans will tell you (and, er... wikipedia) – but that aside, Manchester United stayed atop of the Premier League with a 4-1 […]

My normal pre-match bravado wasn't at full strength after the four-game losing streak (Liverpool's worst run since the Spring of 1987) and going into the fixture against Manchester United Sunday I was a sleepless bag of frenetic nerves. We tend to play our best against the strongest opposition (I thought our outing against Chelsea was […]

Roma signed Stefano Guberti in the summer from Bari however he has since only made 3 appearances which have resulted in a lot of rumours that the player will be sold in January however the midfielders agent describes his player as unsellable. The 24 year old played a starring role in Bari's promotion to Serie […]

Fulham FC has revealed their third kit for the 2009/2010 Premier League season. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the third kit is midnight blue in color and will be worn for the first time in their upcoming away matches against Stoke City and Sunderland. The new Fulham third shirt is midnight blue, while the shorts […]

We're proud to announce that Daniel Feuerstein has left CSRN and will now be writing exclusively for Major League Soccer Talk. The passionate blogger and soccer pundit from the north east has been a guest writer for MLS Talk during the past year as well as a refreshingly honest critic of Red Bull New York […]

For the past two days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 – the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books. Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was Patrick […]

It's no surprise that last Saturday's Wolverhampton Wanderers against Aston Villa tie didn't garner a massive audience on ESPN2. In fact, it was the third lowest viewed match of the season on ESPN2. Here are the Nielsen ratings for the Premier League matches televised by ESPN2 so far this season (from highest to lowest audience […]

I've lost track of the number of times Americans ask me where I'm from, and I mention Wales — only to hear the next follow-up question, which is "Where is Wales? Is that part of England?" While most US residents get an F in geography (not just from me, but from many scholars), I've found […]

Jozy Altidore made headlines last week for the wrong reasons with his Twitter outburst after inexplicably showing up late to a match. This saw the striker, who is on his fourth club in fifteen months, suspended. Altidore’s skill set may be impressive but his body of work both at the club level and as an […]

Joe Royle, football and management legend and current ESPN UK co-commentator joins us on the EPL Talk Podcast. Hear Royle's thoughts about the opportunity to work with the legendary Jon Champion on ESPN, as well as his memories of the epic second division playoff final at Wembley between Manchester City and Gillingham. Also discussed, was […]

It's impossible to travel in Los Angeles on a Sunday evening without seeing the beautiful game being played by people of walks of life, income levels, and ethnic backgrounds. In this sprawling metropolis, there are two teams that rule the soccer scene, David Beckham and Landon Donovan's Los Angeles Galaxy and los rojiblancos of Chivas […]